Scientist Trolls Internet To Educate People About "Fake News Online" - Video

A French scientist’s photo of a ‘distant star’ was actually a slice of chorizo. Jayar Jackson, Caroline Johnson and Dan Evans discuss on The Young Turks. Watch LIVE weekdays 6-8 pm ET. http://youtube.com/theyoungturks/live

Read more HERE: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/french-scientist-star-photo-really-chorizo_n_62ed5d09e4b09d09a2c3c42c

"A French scientist has apologized after claiming a photo of a piece of Spanish chorizo was actually of Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Sun.

On Sunday, physicist Étienne Klein tweeted a photo of a round red object on a black background that he claimed was taken from the James Webb Space Telescope.

“This level of detail… A new world is revealed day after day,” he wrote in the tweet, which can be seen below."

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